Summarize Article: Privacy Policy
Chrome extension "Summarize Article – Key Points & TL;DR of Any Web Page", published by Viralinc (viralinc.live). Last updated 25 September 2026.
In short: The text is sent only when you click, is not stored by Viralinc, and is processed by DeepSeek, a China-based AI provider that may use it to improve its models. There are no ads, no tracking and no account. The extension starts with a free trial, then needs an Unlimited plan paid through Stripe. With Unlimited, if Chrome's built-in AI is ready on your computer, the summary is made on your device and the text is not sent.
When the extension reads a page
Only when you ask: by clicking the toolbar icon, pressing the keyboard shortcut (Alt+S by default), or choosing "Summarize selection" from the right-click menu. It then reads that one tab once, using Chrome's activeTab permission. It does not run on pages in the background and does not look at your browsing history.
Before the first summary, the popup explains what will be sent and to whom, and asks you to press Agree and summarize. Nothing is sent to our server, not even the free-trial check, until you agree. If you choose No thanks, nothing is sent.
What is sent to our server
When a summary is made online (every summary during the free trial; with Unlimited, when it can't be made on your device), the extension sends one request to https://api-ext.viralinc.live:
| Item | Why |
|---|---|
| The page title and the main article text (up to about 24,000 characters), or the text you selected | To write the summary |
| Your choices: length, format, language | To write the summary the way you asked |
| A random install ID made when you installed the extension | To run your free trial and to check whether Unlimited is on in this browser. It is not linked to your name, email or Google account. It is also sent, with nothing else, when the popup checks your trial or plan. |
| The extension version | To keep old versions working |
| Only if you use "Already paid? Restore": the email address you type | To email you a one-time link that turns Unlimited on in this browser |
The server does not receive the page address (URL), your cookies, or anything else on the page.
What is kept, and for how long
- Article text and summaries: not stored and not logged by Viralinc. Our server passes the text to the AI provider, returns the summary to you and keeps neither. The AI providers handle it under their own terms, described below.
- Free trial record: how much of the free trial has been used (the AI cost of your summaries, in fractions of a cent), kept under a one-way hash of your install ID and under a salted one-way hash of your network address, so the trial is not restarted by reinstalling. The raw IP address is not stored. The trial record is kept so a trial never restarts.
- Fair use counters: a one-way hash of your install ID with a count of today's summaries. Daily counters are deleted after 2 days.
- Service logs: which AI model answered, the number of tokens and the cost. No text, no install ID, no IP address.
- Spending totals: monthly cost totals per extension, with no user information, so the service can stop before it goes over budget.
Which AI provider processes the text
- DeepSeek (the DeepSeek Chat model, through DeepSeek's API) writes every cloud summary. DeepSeek is based in China and processes and may store the text on servers in the People's Republic of China. Under its own terms DeepSeek may use the text to improve its models. Do not summarize text you would not want to share with it.
- No other AI provider receives the text. This extension sends no images, so no image is read by any service.
Summarize Article is not affiliated with Google, DeepSeek or Stripe.
What stays on your computer
These are saved in Chrome's extension storage on your computer and are never sent to us: your summary options and your last 20 summaries (page title, page address and summary text). The install ID and whether you agreed to the cloud-summary notice are kept there too. Press Clear in the History panel to delete the summaries, or uninstall the extension to delete everything.
On-device summaries
With Unlimited, if Chrome's built-in Summarizer (Gemini Nano) is already downloaded and ready on your computer, and your chosen language is one it supports, the summary is made on your device by Chrome and the text is not sent to Viralinc. During the free trial every summary is made online, because that is how the trial is measured. The extension never starts that model download itself.
Payments
After the free trial, Summarize Article needs an Unlimited plan: Unlimited Monthly or Unlimited Yearly (subscriptions that renew automatically until you cancel) or Unlimited Lifetime (a one-time payment). Unlimited is subject to fair use. The current prices are shown in the extension and on the Stripe page before you pay. When you choose a plan, the extension asks our server (api-ext.viralinc.live) to open a Stripe Checkout page in a new tab, and you pay there. Stripe (stripe.com) collects your email, name and card details under its own privacy policy; they never pass through the extension, and Viralinc never sees your card number.
After you pay, our server confirms the payment with Stripe. We keep: the plan, the payment status and the renewal or end date; a one-way hash of the install ID of each browser where Unlimited is on (at most 5); Stripe's customer and subscription IDs, so Manage subscription can open Stripe's billing page; and your email only as a salted one-way hash plus a masked form (like b***@example.com). We keep these while Unlimited is active and for as long as the law requires records of sales.
If you use Already paid? Restore, the email you type is sent to our server. If it matches a purchase, we send one email with a link that works once, for 1 hour, through our email provider (Resend). The answer on screen is the same whether or not the address has bought Unlimited.
Your trial and plan are checked on our server from the install ID each time the popup opens (and while a payment is being confirmed); the extension never unlocks Unlimited by itself. The popup checks only after you have agreed to the notice.
Chrome Web Store Limited Use
The use of information received by this extension will adhere to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We use the page text only to make the summary you asked for. We do not sell it, use it for advertising, use it to decide creditworthiness, or let people read it, and we do not transfer it except to the AI provider listed above (DeepSeek) to provide this feature. Payment details go only to Stripe, to process your payment.
Children
The extension is not directed at children under 13 and collects no personal information about anyone.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date. Questions: ope@trysixth.com.